Friday 1 June 2012

Statute of limitations and corruption

Given the fact that corruption is a serious crime that actually has a negative impact in the whole people of a country (specially when its widespread, as we see in countries like Portugal, Spain and Italy), does it make sense that statute of limitations apply to it? So, does it make sense (given the high negative impact and the damage it inflicts to public finance, country economy, Rule of Law and morals) that these crimes are not punishable after a specific amount of time? My opinion is "no" - these crimes should always be punishable.

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